ANIMAL SPECIALS, SPECIAL ANIMALS & A BIT OF WRITING FROM A HEART IN HOUSTON

EDITION OF WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 2017 [PetPowellPress] The 21st Century is a curious blend of the future and the past. Over the weekend, there were gas lines that took us back to the 1970s and nuclear testing that sent chills scurrying up and down the backs of us ultra-sensitive, potentially radioactive, duck-and-cover Baby Boomers. And, in a moment of horror, we tried to watch the Texas Rangers home game on TV and discovered it had been blacked out because all the usual stations were broadcasting college football. Anybody else remember the infuriating local blackouts of Rangers games way back then? So here is our midweek potpourri of stuff. Not sure what we’ll run into so right now we’ll just urge you, Dear Readers, to remind everyone you know to get dogs and cats out of shelters and into their homes. Keep this trend of doing good in Texas alive.DAS is helping continuing its $20 adoption special through September -- that gets you not only the new friend, but new friend's spay or neutering (whichever fits!), microchipping and vaccinatoins. That attentive dog is Diamond (A1006765) and, continuing our reportage regarding odd names in the Dallas shelter (we mentioned Trufflebutter in Tuesday’s edition), this cat is Hazel Nut (A1006920). Go to dallasanimalservices.org to see how to adopt. A DESPERATE SITUATIONFOR AN OKLAHOMA DOGOur longtime Burns Flat, Okla., rescue heroine Terry Lynn Fisher sent this note. It may make you grind your teeth. She wrote, “What do I do? Someone sent me pictures of this little guy... He is under 10 pounds... His back has a fracture... but he does have some feeling...No signs of being attacked or hit by a car... Rumor has it he was hit yesterday with a baseball bat... but can't verify that “He will be in a pound 30 miles from me. What do I do? I'm so overwhelmed as it is... He is a baby. Dear God... what do I do? My heart hurts... I can't cope with all this. Please... what do I do?” Help Terry Lynn by emailing remembering_oddball@yahoo.com or call her at 580-330-1459.A NOTE FROM NEW JERSEY The distinguished journalist Andrew Fisher, the Eastern Seaboard Bureau Chief for Readlarrypowell.com, tipped us to this note about Texas dogs arriving at the St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare last week. That story is HERE and a St. Hubert’s Texas dogs video is HERE. FYI: We’ve mentioned Andy and Annie of Indian Lake many times -- and their current critters Chloe the Cat and Maxie the Dog. When he was sending the note about St. Hubert’s, Andy included this picture of household son and good guy Ian and St. Hubert’s alumni Barley. Andy wrote, “Ian spent his First Communion money to rescue Barley, and Barley responded by blessing Ian and his mom for 15 years (and chaperoning our first date).” CONTEMPLATION

This is sort of a family note about Hurricane Harvey. My much younger cousin, Prissy Elkins Roughton, lives in Houston.Before the deluge, but during the storming, she wrote on Facebook, “Witnesses keep talking about ‘sounds like a freight train’ before these tornados hit. When you live by an active railroad that has freight trains coming by at all hours of the day and night, well, it keeps you alert!” Remember that as you read on. Prissy is a good-hearted, big-souled person. She’d spent part of September 1 shopping for supplies.That evening, she penned this hopeful piece,The woman who lives “by an active railroad,” wrote: “Just heard first train in almost a week. It gives me a sense of peace. Stores are open, gas stations are open, people are going back to living!! Behind the scenes, churches and homes are stripped down to two-by-fours for clean-up. Streets are littered with carpet and home furnishings that were ruined. Memories are either being dried out in hopes of being salvaged, or tossed because they were too ruined. Tons of laundry machines are running to try and clean and disinfect. And life goes on.”There you have it, Dear Readers, a good heart sees hope. This may inspire the rest of us to contemplate our good fortune in dry and calm Texas while praying for those challenged along the coast. --- To comment, click below. ---

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ANIMAL SPECIALS, SPECIAL ANIMALS & A BIT OF WRITING FROM A HEART IN HOUSTON

EDITION OF WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 2017 [PetPowellPress] The 21st Century is a curious blend of the future and the past. Over the weekend, there were gas lines that took us back to the 1970s and nuclear testing that sent chills scurrying up and down the backs of us ultra-sensitive, potentially radioactive, duck-and-cover Baby Boomers. And, in a moment of horror, we tried to watch the Texas Rangers home game on TV and discovered it had been blacked out because all the usual stations were broadcasting college football. Anybody else remember the infuriating local blackouts of Rangers games way back then? So here is our midweek potpourri of stuff. Not sure what we’ll run into so right now we’ll just urge you, Dear Readers, to remind everyone you know to get dogs and cats out of shelters and into their homes. Keep this trend of doing good in Texas alive.DAS is helping continuing its $20 adoption special through September -- that gets you not only the new friend, but new friend's spay or neutering (whichever fits!), microchipping and vaccinatoins. That attentive dog is Diamond (A1006765) and, continuing our reportage regarding odd names in the Dallas shelter (we mentioned Trufflebutter in Tuesday’s edition), this cat is Hazel Nut (A1006920). Go to dallasanimalservices.org to see how to adopt. A DESPERATE SITUATIONFOR AN OKLAHOMA DOGOur longtime Burns Flat, Okla., rescue heroine Terry Lynn Fisher sent this note. It may make you grind your teeth. She wrote, “What do I do? Someone sent me pictures of this little guy... He is under 10 pounds... His back has a fracture... but he does have some feeling...No signs of being attacked or hit by a car... Rumor has it he was hit yesterday with a baseball bat... but can't verify that “He will be in a pound 30 miles from me. What do I do? I'm so overwhelmed as it is... He is a baby. Dear God... what do I do? My heart hurts... I can't cope with all this. Please... what do I do?” Help Terry Lynn by emailing remembering_oddball@yahoo.com or call her at 580-330-1459.A NOTE FROM NEW JERSEY The distinguished journalist Andrew Fisher, the Eastern Seaboard Bureau Chief for Readlarrypowell.com, tipped us to this note about Texas dogs arriving at the St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare last week. That story is HERE and a St. Hubert’s Texas dogs video is HERE. FYI: We’ve mentioned Andy and Annie of Indian Lake many times -- and their current critters Chloe the Cat and Maxie the Dog. When he was sending the note about St. Hubert’s, Andy included this picture of household son and good guy Ian and St. Hubert’s alumni Barley. Andy wrote, “Ian spent his First Communion money to rescue Barley, and Barley responded by blessing Ian and his mom for 15 years (and chaperoning our first date).” CONTEMPLATION

This is sort of a family note about Hurricane Harvey. My much younger cousin, Prissy Elkins Roughton, lives in Houston.Before the deluge, but during the storming, she wrote on Facebook, “Witnesses keep talking about ‘sounds like a freight train’ before these tornados hit. When you live by an active railroad that has freight trains coming by at all hours of the day and night, well, it keeps you alert!” Remember that as you read on. Prissy is a good-hearted, big-souled person. She’d spent part of September 1 shopping for supplies.That evening, she penned this hopeful piece,The woman who lives “by an active railroad,” wrote: “Just heard first train in almost a week. It gives me a sense of peace. Stores are open, gas stations are open, people are going back to living!! Behind the scenes, churches and homes are stripped down to two-by-fours for clean-up. Streets are littered with carpet and home furnishings that were ruined. Memories are either being dried out in hopes of being salvaged, or tossed because they were too ruined. Tons of laundry machines are running to try and clean and disinfect. And life goes on.”There you have it, Dear Readers, a good heart sees hope. This may inspire the rest of us to contemplate our good fortune in dry and calm Texas while praying for those challenged along the coast. --- To comment, click below. ---